Journal of Oncology Medicine & Practice

Department of Pediatric, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Publications

• Research   
  Cardiac Dysfunction in Pediatric Oncology Patients with Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Retrospective Single Center Study
  Author(s): Omara A, Ali A, Almahr G, Al Masri K, Al Alawyat H*, Fathi A, Hegazi M, Korashi M, ElHaj M, Baioumy A, Shabaka A, Gewidah A, Omer H and Hajo A
  
  Objectives: To determine the prevalence of sepsis-induced cardiac dysfunction (septic cardiomyopathy) in pediatric  oncology patients admitted to PICU, and to compare them to other oncology patients with sepsis/septic shock who have  no cardiac dysfunction regarding the risk of mortality, average length of stay, duration of inotropic/vasopressor support, ventilation free days, and the need for renal replacement therapy. Design: a retrospective analysis of Sixty-six pediatric patients with underlying oncology disease who were admitted to the Pediatric critical care unit at King Fahad Specialist Hospital with the diagnosis of sepsis or septic shock between January 2014 and December 2015. Severe sepsis and septic shock were defined based on the definition of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign 2012. Sepsis-related cardiac systolic dysfunction .. Read More»
  

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